Improvement in pence



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dialed glatte stent @time Leners Patent No. 92,509, daten July 13, 1869.

IMPRovEMENT `1N FENCE.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, `THOMAS BARNES, of Wayne, in the county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented zt new and useful Improvement in Fences; und I do hereby declare that the following is zt full, clear, 1nd exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the ort to make and use the seme, reference being' 11nd to the accompanying drawings,forn1 ing part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fences, designed to provide zt simple,'cheztp, ond durable construction of the some, adopt-ed either for permanent or portable fences, as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure I represents a, front elevation ot' my improved fence.

Figure 2 represents :t section of the saine.

Similar letters ofl reference indicate corresponding parts.

`I support the posts A upon the transverse sills B, by forming vertical recesses in the sides of the sills, at

lthe-eentre, undnlso slightly rebzttng the ends of the posts, to fit therein, when they are securely nailed and braced by braces G.

These sills ore support-ed upon blocks or stones :tt each end, and beddedftosome extent, in the ground;

To lprevent the sills from sliding on the said supports, theynre notched, as represented et D, vwhere they rest on the blocks, and the shoulders projecting down against the sides of the blocks.

I nail the boards to three or more strips F, having inclined slotsopening downward, as represented at G, end arranged for hooking into pins or studs H, driven into the sides of the posts A, and projecting sufficiently vto support the salid panels when connected thereto, as

Witnesses:

ROBERT G.-MooD1E, WILLIAM BARTHEL. 

